Trektop nx with out spare tire

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Punisher

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Hello, I am hoping that someone has a picture of a JKU with the trektop Nx on without the spare tire carrier or any spare tire for that matter. I tried the search on here and couldnt find anything. I put a jcr dagger rear bumper and a poison spider tramp stamp on my jeep. looking to get a trektop but feel it will not look right with out a spare on it. Hope I can see some pictures, thanks
 
look at my build thread(link in my signature below). tons of pics of my trektop NX install and pics of it with no spare after it was done
 
Punisher said:
Hello, I am hoping that someone has a picture of a JKU with the trektop Nx on without the spare tire carrier or any spare tire for that matter. I tried the search on here and couldnt find anything. I put a jcr dagger rear bumper and a poison spider tramp stamp on my jeep. looking to get a trektop but feel it will not look right with out a spare on it. Hope I can see some pictures, thanks
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How was the install of the rear jcr? Any pics?
 
Do you guys with no spare keep it in the rear storage? I've been thinking about doing that, but have the OEM soft top. Not sure if it would fold up well with the spare in the back.

Mounting a tire in the rear storage would definintely be less expensive than a tire carrier though. Plus it would be nice to lose the weight back there.
 
Sorry guys I didnt take any pics of the install, but I will say it was a pain to install, even after cutting the frame, I had to modify the brackets to fit and had to use the factory bumper bolts due to the ones that came with it were the wrong size. I can say though I love the bumper, here a picture of the finished job20130705_160957.jpg
 
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suicideking said:
Do you guys with no spare keep it in the rear storage? I've been thinking about doing that, but have the OEM soft top. Not sure if it would fold up well with the spare in the back.

Mounting a tire in the rear storage would definintely be less expensive than a tire carrier though. Plus it would be nice to lose the weight back there.
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I was wondering the same thing.....
 
StrizzyChris and Overlander your jeeps looks great, thanks for the picture, as for my spare, I usually keep it in the garage until I go out wheeling then I just throw it in the back. Fold the rear seats down
 
suicideking said:
Do you guys with no spare keep it in the rear storage? I've been thinking about doing that, but have the OEM soft top. Not sure if it would fold up well with the spare in the back.

Mounting a tire in the rear storage would definintely be less expensive than a tire carrier though. Plus it would be nice to lose the weight back there.
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I run my spare on the stock carrier until I get the EVO tire carrier. Here is it with the stock carrier.

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Here is what I have done in the past. Fold down the rear seat and put the tire on that with ratchet straps to hold it in place.

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Punisher said:
Sorry guys I didnt take any pics of the install, but I will say it was a pain to install, even after cutting the frame, I had to modify the brackets to fit and had to use the factory bumper bolts due to the ones that came with it were the wrong size. I can say though I love the bumper, here a picture of the finished jobView attachment 38672
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Unfortunately, that's what I've read from people that have installed this bumper. I love the look, perfect minimal design. Not sure I would take a chance on it though considering all had problems with the install.

OverlanderJK said:
I run my spare on the stock carrier until I get the EVO tire carrier. Here is it with the stock carrier.


Here is what I have done in the past. Fold down the rear seat and put the tire on that with ratchet straps to hold it in place.
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I thought about doing this too, but not sure I like the idea of giving up the storage. I use my Jeep for work and often transport large boxes.

I'm not a huge fan of the Evo carrier though. Nice, but a little to bulky. I like the Teraflex, but overpriced. I'll probably end up with the OR Fab carrier.
 
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It was a pain, even after reading some other posts about it not fitting correctly I still bought it, I like the look, it is built very well, I have the jcr front stubby dagger and had no problems with it at all. All it took was a little more grinding and a little more drilling and if fit like a glove. I am going to go with the teraflex tire carrier once I have the money. I figure I am only running 35 so it shouldnt be a problem
 
Punisher said:
Sorry guys I didnt take any pics of the install, but I will say it was a pain to install, even after cutting the frame, I had to modify the brackets to fit and had to use the factory bumper bolts due to the ones that came with it were the wrong size. I can say though I love the bumper, here a picture of the finished jobView attachment 38672
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It looks really good!
 
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